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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. HOKE and JoHN A. BROWN, of Elizabeth, in the c ounty of Harrison.v and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful improvement in Baling-Press; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- The drawing represents a vertical longitudinal section of our improved baling-press, showing all the working parts connected for operation.

Y This invention relates to an improved heling-press for hay,' cotton, or other substances, and consists in improvements in the construction, by an arrangement of a lever and toggle connected with a beater or follower, operated'directly, by means of rope and capstan, with horse-power, as hereinafter more particularly described.y

I This Vpress 'is' permanently erected in a barn or storehouse7 with the upper end of the frame above the second i1o or,with' the arrangements for Working with horse-power on the ground floor. v

The frame is made of four strong upright timbers, A A, about twenty-seven feet long, which are set in long heavy sills B runninglengthwise of the press and united by bolts. The tops of the side timbers are secured together by cross-ties C. The lower end of the frame is boxed in as usual, to contain a bale of proper size, and's provided with side doors orilaps," attached in any suitable manner, for supporting the pressure of the bale when it is pressed, and opening readily to release it.

The beater or follower' D, tted in the bale-chest or box E, is made of heavy timbers bolted together, with a deep longitudinal recess or mortise on the upper side, in which is pivote'd the lower end of the lower arm F ofthe toggle. The pi-vet'af'of thearin moves in-a vertical s lovt in the sides ofthe recess, toallow the beater D to rise and fall and touch the bottom of the heling-box, for the purpose of beating or packing the hay in thin layers when forming the baleat the beginning.

The lower arm F of the toggle is connected with the upper arm F by a strong iron strap or stirrup, Z1', the upper end of which is allowed a little play in a slot, c. The ends of thearms F F are strapped or plated with iron, to form the face of the toggle-joint, the concave side of which is ,made in the upper arm F', one side of which has a prong, d, projecting down beside the upper end of the lower arm F, around which 'prong d passes one end of a heavy iron stirrup, G, the other end of which works in a long slot, e, in the long operating lever H. The lever His pivoted by a strong three-inch bolt, 2:, to theframe timbers A A. The upper end of the arm F is pivoted tothe cross-ties C at g, and on each side ofthe arm are sheaves h h', hung across the frame. On 4the track vof the projecting prong. d of the upper arm F is an iron guard, k, that catches the stirrup G and prevents its rising.

For'operating the press, a strong rope, m, is fastened to the end of the long lever H, :which passes down V'under a sheave to a caps-tan, as shown in the drawing. The `capstan draws the lever downto compress the bale,

afterit has been packed by beating, by means of the stirrup G bearing on the prong d of the upper toggle-arm F', as will be lreadily understood.' For raising the lever another hand-rope is attached to the en d, and passes over a sheave above the press, as shown in red on'the drawing", also passing down and connecting with the rope n, which is attached to the beater D, and runs over the sheave h down to another sheave, h2, at the bottom of the frame, and thence to a drum on the vcapstan-shaft,` as shown in red in the drawing, the whole of which is so arranged that when the lever H is drawn down,lt'o operate the toggle and compress the hay with the follower,

the rope 'n unwinds from the drum, and vice versa.. A cord, s, is attached to the end of the stirrup G, and' passes over the sheave t, by which the stirrup is drawn up by hand out of the way, when the hay or cotton is introduced into the press.

4 After the hay has been well packed in the heling-chest, by repeated beating with the follower, sixteen times being quite enough for the purpose, the long lever is brought down to operate the toggle and finish the work of compresslon.

' Having thus described our invention, we claim as new', and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination and arrangement of the toggle-joint with arms F F, connected by the strap b, the beater D, the stirrup G, and the lever H, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

GEORGE H. HOKE,

JOHN Ai BROWN.

Witnesses:

JOHN ZIMMERMAN, JOHN E. WILLIAn. 

